House Ambrose
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Never Resting
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Coat of arms | A yellow field strewn with red ants |
Head | Lord Arthur Ambrose |
Region | The Reach |
Overlord | House Tyrell |
House Ambrose is a noble house from the Reach.
They blazon their arms as a yellow field strewn with red ants.[1][2] According to semi-canon sources their motto is «Never Resting».[3]
Contents
The Ambrose House at the end of the third century
The known Ambroses during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Arthur Ambrose, Lord of the house.
- Lady Alysanne Hightower, His wife.
- Alyn Ambrose, his young son. A squire.
- Lady Alysanne Hightower, His wife.
With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch of the house there is also:
- Ser Edmund Ambrose, a knight from Randyll Tarly's household.
References in the books
Dunk and Egg
- Ser Aubrey Ambrose was named by Eustace Osgrey as one of the outstanding supporters of the Black Dragon's cause.
A Song of Ice and Fire
- The squire Alyn Ambrose slew a Myrish crossbowman and a Mullendore man-at-arms during the Battle of the Blackwater.
- Elinor Tyrell was betrothed to Alyn Ambrose after the battle.
- Ser Edmund Ambrose was one of Brienne's camp followers that started the wager on her maidenhood.
- Brienne of Tarth spots the colors of House Ambrose among those that had been collected from the dead around Duskendale. House Ambrose fought in the Battle of Duskendale.
References and Notes
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 9, Brienne
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Reach
- ↑ The Citadel. House Mottoes
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